2006-08-03 12:27:58 · 11 answers · asked by ? 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
maybe you should put the bag on your head over night and find out.
2006-08-03 12:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. Either they are crawling through a crack in the bag or they are hatching from eggs that were in there when you bought the bag of flour. I go with the egg theory.
This is an interesting excerpt from a blog from a guy who has the same problem:
"Flour bugs are, well, bugs that live in flour. Bug eggs make it through all the sifting, sorting, and filtering because they are about the same size as the flour particles. In coarsely ground flour, they have an easier time of it. After a while, they hatch and then bugs go through a life cycle in your cupboards. The only thing you can do about them is 1, keep your flour in a sealed container and 2, use it faster than the bugs cycle."
I'm wondering if perhaps you could put the flour in the freezer overnight, would that kill the eggs? (I'd rather eat bug eggs than adult bugs, wouldn't you?) ugh, it's gross - either way u look at it.
2006-08-03 12:36:39 · answer #2 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that flour being a milled product will naturally have unfiltered out weevil or moth eggs in it, sometimes. Kinda' gross but there's all sorts of bug parts in our food, it's pretty unavoidable actually. Don't worry they're harmless, just try not to think about it.
2006-08-03 12:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by Otis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're probably already there; all grains and flours have some percentage of "bugs" unfortunately...nature of the beast! But if you mean a lot of bugs, and you buy it from the same store...I'd change stores...at least for flours/grains...
2006-08-03 12:32:10 · answer #4 · answered by sweet ivy lyn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like impossible to keep the egg's of "Grain Moth's" out of grain, the eggs are already there, if you eat the eggs, nothing happens too you because, the acids (part of digestion) in your stomach will kill them. If the grain is left on the shelf too long, the eggs will hatch, sounds gross but really not a big deal. Your stomach acids kill lots of nasty parasites everyday.
2006-08-03 12:35:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The weevils are always there. They're in all grains. There's a certain percentage allowed in our food. They are harmless! Just get rid of the grain when the bugs take over. I had a little community in my brown rice.
2006-08-03 12:31:41 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Anthrope 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because when the flour is being made. there are eggs in the ground up flour and they hatche later just like in corn meal.
2006-08-03 12:35:13 · answer #7 · answered by tweettreat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their eggs are already in there when you buy the flour.
2006-08-03 12:34:57 · answer #8 · answered by mrsmicky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they were already in the flour when you bought it.
2006-08-03 12:32:22 · answer #9 · answered by Dagblastit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they were there when you bought it - grossss I hate bugs.
2006-08-03 12:31:09 · answer #10 · answered by VL 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋